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Feb 14, 2013Maeve Duggan, Joanna Brenner
Young adults are more likely than older adults to use social media. Women, African-Americans, and Latinos show high interest in sites like Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.
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Feb 5, 2013Lee Rainie, Aaron Smith, Maeve Duggan
61% of Facebook users have taken a voluntary break from using the site at one time or another and 27% plan to spend less time on the site this coming year. Even so, two-thirds of online adults are now Facebook users.
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Sep 13, 2012Lee Rainie, Joanna Brenner, Kristen Purcell
46% of internet users post original photos & videos online; 41% curate photos & videos they find elsewhere on the web and post on image-sharing sites. Women are more likely than men to use Pinterest; Instagram & Tumblr attract equal shares of both.
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Aug 26, 2011Mary Madden, Kathryn Zickuhr
Women maintain their foothold on social networking site use, and older Americans are still coming aboard. Most users describe their experiences in positive terms.
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Nov 15, 2011Aaron Smith
Social networking sites are appealing as a way to maintain contact with close ties and reconnect with old friends.
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Jun 16, 2011Keith Hampton, Lauren Sessions Goulet, Lee Rainie, Kristen Purcell
How people’s trust, personal relationships, and civic and political involvement are connected to their use of social network sites and other technologies.
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More in: Communities, Social Networking, Web 2.0
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Nov 9, 2011Amanda Lenhart, Mary Madden, Aaron Smith, Kristen Purcell, Kathryn Zickuhr, Lee Rainie
How American teens navigate the new world of "digital citizenship"
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Feb 3, 2012Keith Hampton, Lauren Sessions Goulet, Cameron Marlow, Lee Rainie
The effect of Facebook ‘power users’ on everybody else
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Feb 9, 2012Lee Rainie, Amanda Lenhart, Aaron Smith
85% of the adults who use social media report that people are usually kind on the sites. At the same time, 49% have witnessed mean and offensive behavior and they usually respond by ignoring it.
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Feb 24, 2012Mary Madden
Most users choose restricted privacy settings while profile “pruning” and unfriending people is on the rise
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More in: Social Networking, Identity